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See also:MICHAEL IV . (d. 1041), " the Paphlagonian," owed his See also:elevation to Zoe, daughter of See also:Constantine VIII., who was the wife of See also:Romanus III., but becoming enamoured of Michael, her See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain, poisoned her See also:husband and married her attendant (1034). Michael, however, being of a weak See also:character and subject to epileptic fits, See also:left the See also:government in the hands of his See also:brother, See also:John the See also:Eunuch, who had been first See also:minister of Constantine and Romanus. John's reforms of the See also:army and See also:financial See also:system revived for a while the strength of the See also:Empire, which held its own successfully against its See also:foreign enemies. On the eastern frontier the important See also:post of See also:Edessa was relieved after a prolonged See also:siege. The western See also:Saracens were almost driven out of See also:Sicily by See also:George Maniakes (1038—40); but an expedition against the See also:Italian See also:Normans suffered several defeats, and after the recall of Maniakes most of the Sicilian conquests were lost (1041). In the See also:north the Serbs achieved a successful revolt (1040), but a dangerous rising by the Bulgarians and Slays which threatened the cities of See also:Thrace and See also:Macedonia was repressed by a triumphant See also:campaign which the decrepit See also:emperor undertook in See also:person shortly before his See also:death (1041).
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